You’ll see why, if you watch this [hat tip: commenter “DNW”]: Apparently it all has to do with this phenomenon: Construction of “commodity housing” is driven by the disparity between urban and rural land prices. Rural land, which must be … Continue reading →
[NOTE: Part I can be found here.] In evaluating judicial nominations and predicting the drift of a judge’s future decisions, one caveat I would offer is that nearly any judge with a long history is going to have decided some … Continue reading →
One of the reservations some conservatives have about Brett Kavanaugh is his ruling in the Obamacare case in 2011—not as a SCOTUS member, of course, but when Kavanaugh was on the D.C. Circuit and that court considered Obamacare’s constitutionality. I … Continue reading →
I know, I know; you’ve heard it before. But now it really is getting near the point at which the transfer to the new blog site will be made. After that, the neoneocon.com URL will have a redirect that will … Continue reading →
All of the boys, as well as their coach, have been rescued: The 12 Thai soccer players and their coach who have been trapped in a cave in northern Thailand for more than two weeks have all been rescued. “We … Continue reading →
[BUMPED UP–scroll down to see UPDATE] …Trump will announce his SCOTUS pick. Who will it be? There’s plenty of speculation, but I won’t be guessing. You can try, though, in the comment thread. UPDATE: It’s Brett Kavanaugh. The Democrats have … Continue reading →
Boris Johnson resigns: Boris Johnson has quit as foreign secretary, claiming in his resignation letter that the UK was headed “for the status of a colony” if Theresa May’s soft Brexit plans were adopted. The leading Brexiter said that he … Continue reading →
Bad and even dangerous advice, I might add, although neither uniformly bad nor uniformly dangerous. The author’s general suggestion is to let them be to work it out themselves, and/or to treat (or punish) them equally, which is actually quite … Continue reading →
It’s been going better than I’d expected. A total of eight boys have now been rescued. Four more to go, plus the soccer coach. Their rescued teammates are being treated in quarantine at Chiang Rai Prachanukroh hospital. Former Chiang Rai … Continue reading →
In these cases, happy tears. Very happy tears:
Continue reading →[NOTE: This post was prompted by reading Victor Davis Hanson on the Democrats’ loss of power.] The shock of the reversal the 2016 election represented to Democrats was and still is enormous. But the reversal wasn’t just because Democrats previously … Continue reading →
After writing about NeverTrumper Max Boot’s motives yesterday, I decided I have more to say. And it’s not just about Boot. On that thread yesterday, commenter “Ann” offered a quote from a piece Boot wrote back in May of 2016. … Continue reading →